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Uruguay's coach, Marcelo Bielsa, is suspended for Copa America game against the United States

Jun. 30, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has been suspended by South American soccer’s governing body for coming out late for the second half of the first two Copa America matches and will miss his team's game against the United States on Monday. The Confederation of South...

Lugo gets MLB-high 11th win and Perez powers Royals to 6-2 victory over Guardians

Jun. 30, 2024 17:35 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seth Lugo struck out 10 in six shutout innings to earn his major league-high 11th win, and Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Sunday. Bobby Witt Jr. had a run-scoring triple among his three hits...

Leibold, Afrifa score to lift Sporting KC to a 2-0 victory over Austin FC

Jun. 29, 2024 22:56 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Tim Leibold and Stephen Afrifa scored goals and Sporting Kansas City held Austin FC without a shot on goal in a 2-0 victory on Saturday night. Leibold put Kansas City ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute with a strong shot from the left side that ricochet off the...

Ramirez homers, Josh Naylor two RBIs lead Guardians over Royals 7-2

Jun. 29, 2024 19:50 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Ramirez homered, Josh Naylor had a pair of RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Saturday. “It was really positive that we win with a chance to come back tomorrow, but we don’t pay too much attention to that,”...

American midfielder Tyler Adams says receiving online racial abuse is commonplace

Jun. 29, 2024 15:44 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — American midfielder Tyler Adams said receiving online racial abuse has become commonplace for players. Teammates Chris Richards and Folarin Balogun said they were targeted for racial abuse, and the U.S. Soccer Federation issued a statement after Thursday's...

Royals hit 4 home runs and send AL-leading Guardians to their 3rd straight loss, 10-3

Jun. 29, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 10-3 win over the AL-leading Cleveland Guardians on Friday night. Perez hit his 13th homer of the season in the second inning, a 447-foot shot over...

Kansas City of MLS hires longtime New England general manager Mike Burns as its sporting director

Jun. 28, 2024 12:24 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City hired longtime New England Revolution general manager Mike Burns as its sporting director Friday as the MLS club tries to turn around a freefall that has left it near the bottom of the Western Conference. Burns will oversee Sporting...

US scenarios to advance past the first round at Copa America

Jun. 28, 2024 07:39 AM EDT

The United States faces a difficult task to advance past group play at the Copa America after a 2-1 loss to Panana on Thursday night in Atlanta. Here are some scenarios that would allow the Americans to play in the quarterfinals as one of the top two teams from Group C: ...

Panama scores late goal, beats shorthanded U.S. 2-1 at Copa America after Weah red card

Jun. 28, 2024 07:32 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Weah threw an inexcusable punch, and the United States took a huge blow to its hopes of advancing at the Copa America. José Fajardo beat backup goalkeeper Ethan Horvath in the 83rd minute to give Panama a 2-1 victory on Thursday night over the shorthanded...

Uruguay routs Bolivia 5-0 at Copa America as Núñez scores in 7th straight game

Jun. 28, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Darwin Núñez and his Uruguayan teammates romped through Bolivia's defense as if it were a training game. Núñez scored in his seventh straight international match, a 5-0 rout on Thursday night that moved Uruguay a to the verge of a Copa America...